From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from saturn.retrosnub.co.uk ([178.18.118.26]:43396 "EHLO saturn.retrosnub.co.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755370AbcEETpi (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 May 2016 15:45:38 -0400 Subject: Re: Regression in inv_mpu6050: 4.6.0-rc5 To: Jonathan Cameron , Greg KH References: <20160426232651.099a18d7@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <20160426230755.GA6235@deathstar> <20160427165613.4d464792@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <5728F3CD.3000801@gmail.com> <0fd48340-63b7-253e-352c-4f98cf6e19b2@kernel.org> <20160504172443.GA27422@kroah.com> <3501B085-798A-409C-8055-1FD4DD5019D3@jic23.retrosnub.co.uk> Cc: Crestez Dan Leonard , One Thousand Gnomes , Michael Welling , mranostay@gmail.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, daniel.baluta@intel.com, linux-iio@vger.kernel.org From: Jonathan Cameron Message-ID: <147daed4-ada4-1b3b-9cc5-97a7b4a4ef87@kernel.org> Date: Thu, 5 May 2016 20:45:35 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <3501B085-798A-409C-8055-1FD4DD5019D3@jic23.retrosnub.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Sender: linux-iio-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-iio@vger.kernel.org On 04/05/16 19:15, Jonathan Cameron wrote: > > > On 4 May 2016 18:24:43 BST, Greg KH wrote: >> On Wed, May 04, 2016 at 08:49:06AM +0100, Jonathan Cameron wrote: >>> On 03/05/16 19:54, Crestez Dan Leonard wrote: >>>> On 05/01/2016 10:58 PM, Jonathan Cameron wrote: >>>>> On 27/04/16 16:56, One Thousand Gnomes wrote: >>>>>> On Tue, 26 Apr 2016 18:07:55 -0500 >>>>>> Michael Welling wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 11:26:51PM +0100, One Thousand Gnomes >> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> This now causes us to crash and burn on the ASUS T100TA >> Baytrail/T >>>>>>>> platforms >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I believe this regression has already been patched. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Check the latest commits in linux-next. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/log/drivers/iio/imu/inv_mpu6050/inv_mpu_i2c.c >>>>>>> >>>>>>> See if the latest patches fix your issue. >>>>>> >>>>>> It does - as this is a regression can we please get those fixes >> into the >>>>>> next -rc ? >>>>>> >>>>> I'm afraid I'm lost in this one - which patch caused the >> regression and >>>>> which one fixed it? The only patches I can immediately see in >> next >>>>> both introduce and then squish a similar bug, but neither of them >>>>> has hit Linus' tree yet. >>>>> >>>>> Or are we dealing with what was fixed in: >>>>> c816d9e7 iio: imu: mpu6050: fix possible NULL dereferences >>>>> I had understood that one as more hypothetical than real... >>>>> >>>>> Unfortunately I'm travelling and I suspect that means this will >> only get >>>>> in just after the release (so for 4.6.1) once I've confirmed which >> fixes >>>>> we actually need to backport. >>>>> >>>> Commit >>>> c816d9e7: iio: imu: mpu6050: fix possible NULL dereferences >>>> Fixes: >>>> 33da559f: iio: imu: mpu6050: add mpu6500 register settings >>>> >>>> As far as I can tell this crash will always happen when the device >> is >>>> probed via ACPI. >>> >>> Hi Greg, >>> >>> A quick heads up. >>> >>> Unfortunately this regression has come up whilst I'm travelling and >>> don't have appropriate signing keys with me to do a pull request. >>> Should be able to do one tomorrow evening as I'll back home. >>> >>> Turns out the 'possible' is quite common and causing a mess. >>> Even better the fix actually has a fix as well... >>> >>> Fastest option is probably a cherry pick of: >>> >>> c816d9e7: iio: imu: mpu6050: fix possible NULL dereferences >>> 718ba46e: iio: imu: mpu6050: Fix name/chip_id when using ACPI >> >>>>From where? > Doh. > > Both already in your staging-next. Confusion was over > the seriousness of the issue so went via wrong route. > >> >>> >>> I'll send you a pull request of my >>> togreg-in-a-hurry branch tomorrow. >>> >>> Sorry for these being so late in the cycle. >>> >>> Anyhow, run for train time. >> >> You can always just send me patches, no need for it to always be a pull >> request if you can't do that for some reason. > > Good point, nothing like limited time to make one an idiot sometimes! > > Jonathan >> >> thanks, >> >> greg k-h > I've just sent a pull request in case if you want to grab it that way. For reference the crash report is: http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-iio/msg24431.html Thanks, Jonathan